Test 3 · ★★ · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters
Your scab is so itchy! Is the itch a bad sign?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: scab, itch · What happens: be · To what, where: bad sign
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Your scab is so itchy!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 scab | nmod:poss |
| 2 | scab | scab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 itchy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 itchy | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 itchy | advmod |
| 5 | itchy | itchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 itchy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your scab | itchy property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Is the itch a bad sign?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sign | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 itch | det |
| 3 | itch | itch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sign | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sign | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sign | amod |
| 6 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sign | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the itch | a bad sign | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, itching is part of normal healing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 part | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | itching | itching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 part | cop |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 healing | case |
| 7 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 healing | amod |
| 8 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | itching | part | of normal healing | tree rules |
Option 2
No, it means the scab is ready to pick off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 scab | det |
| 6 | scab | scab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ready | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 ready | cop |
| 8 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 pick | mark |
| 10 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 ready | xcomp |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 pick | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the scab | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pick off | to-infinitive | the scab not said here | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, it means the cut is getting deeper underneath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cut | det |
| 6 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 getting | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 getting | aux |
| 8 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 means | ccomp |
| 9 | deeper | deep | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 getting | xcomp |
| 10 | underneath | underneath | ADV | _ | 8 getting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | present · progressive | the cut | deep, underneath property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yes, it means a bad infection is starting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 infection | det |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 infection | amod |
| 7 | infection | infection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 starting | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 starting | aux |
| 9 | starting | start | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | start | present · progressive | a bad infection | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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